Future Routes–Corridors planned or promoted Business Route Guides Interstate business connections (loops and spurs) were approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in 1964 as a method to provide access from the Interstate superhighway to the cities and...
route choice was decreased, since there were so few roads planned. Often it became more time-efficient for drivers to drive out of their way on Interstate than take a shorter but less speedy local route. This, of course, increased fuel consumption and its ensuing pollution. Interstate...
Palisades Tahoe, the largest resort on the north end of Tahoe and site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, closed all chairlifts Saturday due to snow, wind and low visibility. Other areas closed Saturday included Sugar Bowl, Boreal and Sierra. Heavenly Mountain Resort planned to open late with limite...
Interstate 170 was the planned freeway spur for Downtown Baltimore from I-70 to the west. A 1.34 mile long section of the route was constructed in the late 1970s in a residential area west of Greene/Paca Streets (MD 295). Vastly below grade, the short freeway opened amid controversy in...
The fastest 17-mile segment between Boston suburbs and Providence was originally planned for 165 mph. But parallel tracks remained too close for passing freight trains. For safety, the Federal Railroads Administration (FRA) limited speed to 150 mph. About 95 miles of New Jersey, Delaware, and ...
[Feb 11]TheEvansville Courier & Pressis among those reporting thatIndiana and Kentucky have agreed on an eastern route for I-69 around Evansville and Hendersonas the preferred alternative (SIU 4), as most observers had expected. Public hearings on the preferred alternative are planned for mid-Ma...
at Loop 1604 was bypassed by the current route in 1934 as part of the Arneson Plan to improve state highways in Bexar County. The section of I‑10 today north of Leon Springs was also built in 1934 as part of the Arneson Plan; prior to that, the state routes followed Boerne Stage...
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Another proposal that briefly surfaced in January 2000 was to renumber I-95 in Wilmington as Interstate 195, and I-495 as I-95. New Castle County Council contended that the renumbering would further encourage through traffic to use the eastern bypass of Wilmington. The planned reconstruction and...